It was the opening for the 2000 series of meetings held by the "Centro Astor
Piazzolla de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires" (CAP). It was held on July 5, 2000 at a new
location for CAP meetings: "La Casa del Escritor", on the 500 block of
Mexico, San Telmo, Buenos Aires.

It was an emotional and unforgetable evening. For a long time, the CAP had been waiting
to meet with Leopoldo Federico, one of the most important musicians in the history of
tango. Federico was a member of the legendary Octeto Buenos Aires during the 50s,
the stepping stone in tango revolution. He is, together with Anibal Troilo, Astor
Piazzolla and Osvaldo Ruggero, the middle line of most representative bandoneon
players in tango. Before them, it was Pedro Maffia and Pedro Laurenz. Today, in that
same line of achievement the succesors are Daniel Binelli, Julio Pane and Nestor
Marconi.

Federico played two bandoneon solos: "Capricho Otoñal", his own composition,
and "Pedro y Pedro" by Piazzolla, composed as a tribute to Maffia and Laurenz
and dedicated to Federico as a performer. This music had been recorded before, but it was
only the second time Federico performed it live. This explains the strong feelings among
the audience, as well as Federico.

CAP was also honored by the presence of Bernardo Neustadt, one of the most important
journalists in Argentina in the last 50 years. He shared the stage with the questions of
Natalio Gorin and remembered different moments of his long friendship with Piazzolla.
Neustadt made an enormous contribution to the dissemination of Piazzolla's music by using,
for more than 30 years, "Fuga y Misterio" from Maria de Buenos Aires as the
musical theme for his popular "Tiempo Nuevo" TV show. Listening to
Neustadt one can imagine the problems that Piazzolla faced in order to impose his music in
Argentina and the rest of the world.